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Landscape maintenance extends into 2027

Parks, trails, libraries, recreation facilities, maintenance, and public programming.

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  1. Councilmember Vazquez said he would rather the money went to parks and families, and asked for every piece of equipment to be reviewed by the police oversight commission.

    5:01:47

  2. This was the final adoption of the ordinance dissolving the arts and culture, environment and transport, historic resources, parks and recreation, and youth commissions.

    2:58:22

  3. The council voted to abolish five citizen commissions as a budget saving: arts and culture, environment and transport, historic resources, parks and recreation, and youth.

    3:08:21
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  1. Jul212026
    Item 18Discussion mention

    Santa Ana Police Department’s Annual Military Equipment Use Report for 2025-26

    • Councilmember Vazquez said he would rather the money went to parks and families, and asked for every piece of equipment to be reviewed by the police oversight commission.5:01:47
  2. Jul212026
    Item 11Discussion mention

    Status Report on the Identification and Historic Evaluation of Public Artworks by Emigdio Vasquez and Sergio O’Cadiz Moctezuma

    • Councilmember Lopez asked that two works be handled first, the Chicano Gothic mural at Memorial Park and the concrete relief at City Hall.4:23:30
  3. Jul72026
    Item 20Agenda title

    Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. NS-3097 Dissolving the Arts and Culture Commission; Environmental and Transportation Advisory Commission; Historic Resources Commission; Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission; and Youth Commission First reading at the June 16, 2026 City Council Meeting and approved by a vote of 5-2. Published in the OC Reporter on June 19, 2026

    • This was the final adoption of the ordinance dissolving the arts and culture, environment and transport, historic resources, parks and recreation, and youth commissions.2:58:22
    • It carried with the consent calendar, but Councilmember Lopez and Mayor Pro Tem Penaloza both had no votes recorded against it, as they had at first reading.2:58:25
  4. Jul72026
    Item 16Agenda title

    First Amendment to the Agreements with DMS Facility Services, Landscape West Management Services, Inc., Mariposa Landscapes, Inc., and Pacific Coast Horticulturists for Landscape Maintenance Services at City Parks and Facilities (General Fund)

    • The council amended its agreements with the firms that clean and landscape city facilities.2:58:22
  5. Jun162026
    Item 20Agenda title

    Dissolve the Arts and Culture Commission; Environmental and Transportation Advisory Commission; Historic Resources Commission; Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission; and Youth Commission as Part of the Fiscal Year 2026/27 Budget Adoption

    • The council voted to abolish five citizen commissions as a budget saving: arts and culture, environment and transport, historic resources, parks and recreation, and youth.3:08:21
    • Mayor Pro Tem Penaloza said he had thought about it for weeks and would vote no, placing it in a long pattern of the city narrowing how the public takes part.3:08:38
  6. Jun22026
    Item 3Agenda title

    Garden Grove Unified School District Update on the Rosita Elementary Renaming to Palomino Elementary and the Opportunity for the City of Santa Ana to Align and Rename Rosita Park

    • A Garden Grove Unified school board trustee told the council his district is renaming Rosita Elementary after Frank and Irene Palomino, and asked Santa Ana to rename the adjoining Rosita Park to match.54:25
    • The Palominos were one of five families who sued over the segregation of Mexican American children, winning the 1946 case that ended school segregation in Orange County and helped pave the way for Brown against Board of Education.54:25
  7. May192026
    Item 19Agenda title

    Resolution Accepting Grant Funding from the California State Coastal Conservancy for Santiago Park Trail and Habitat Improvements Project (Project No. 24-6601) (Non-General Fund)

    • The council accepted a state coastal conservancy grant for work at Santiago Park.2:52:02
    • A speaker welcomed the item coming forward during public comment.2:52:02
  8. Apr212026
    Item 17Agenda title

    Award of a Construction Contract to Doja, Inc. for the Construction of the 10th and Flower Park and 10th and Flower Stormwater Capture Projects (No. 26-6642 and 26-6601) (Non-General Fund)

    • Routine business, approved together with the rest of the consent calendar without separate discussion.5:26:36